NEW ZEALAND V. DENMARK.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3334, 12 November 1919, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND V. DENMARK.

The inadequacy? of the provisions made in New Zealand for education in agriculture was touched upon by Mr O. T. Alpers, in an =address at the industrial fair in Christchurch. In New Zealand, he said, there was one agricultural college (Lincoln), and a. very good one, for the whole Dominion, and yet the Dominion was essentially an agricultural country. Denmark, 3. little country——in area.‘ it was much smaller than the provincial district of Canterbury between the Hurunui and Wai-taki——h-ad 90 agricul-'fil‘ral colleges, with 6000 students. What was the result? If they followed the market reports they would know that Danish butter, eggs, and bacon always topped the English 111u1'ket¢ The Nevg Ze-inland farmer, he admitted, “knows what he is doing, and is an excellent farmer; but the Danish farmer goes one better; he knows what he is doing, and knows why he is doing it. He knows the science of llis‘job4—thc why and wherefore of the thing‘ he does. The pricesrealised. for Danish produce show what extensivje agricultural education has done for that little country.”